Herschel is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is the seat of the rural municipality of Mountain View No. 318, Saskatchewan. The population was 30 people in 2006. The hamlet is located 37 km north-west of the Town of Rosetown at the intersection of highway 31 & highway 656 along the Canadian Pacific Railway line.
[edit] Demographics
Prior to December 31, 2006, Willowbrook was incorporated as a village, and was restructured as a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the Rural municipality of Mountain View on that date.[5]
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30 (-14.3% from 2001)
1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
22.2 /km2 (57 /sq mi)
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35 (-20.5% from 1996)
1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
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[edit] History
Herschel was founded by German Canadians and settled mainly by Mennonites. The village was named in honor of 19th Century English physicist and astronomer Sir John Fredrick William Herschel.[8]
In 1935, a major fire destroyed 18 homes and businesses in Herschel. The blaze destroyed three general stores, the post office, a harness shop, the drug store, a pool hall, the Royal Hotel, a Chinese laundry, a hardware store, the municipal office, a restaurant, homes and other structures. Poor local roads were blamed for the extent of the blaze, with fire engines from Rosetown unable to reach the community for more than four hours.[9]
In 2005, fossils of a plesiosaur were discovered in a coal mine ravine southwest of Herschel, and now, along with native petroglyphs attracts visitors from around the world. The fossils were described as a new species, Dolichorhynchops herschelensis.[10]
[edit] See also
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home (– Scholar search), Municipal Directory System, http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html [dead link]
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, http://www.elections.ca/home.asp
- ^ "Restructured Villages". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Archived from the original on March 25, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080325234155/http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/div/munadvisory/munchanges/restructvillages.html. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. 2009-02-24. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/index.cfm?Lang=E. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. 2007-02-01. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Index.cfm?Lang=E. Retrieved {{{2001_access_date}}}.
- ^ Barry, Bill (2003). People Places: Contemporary Saskatchewan Place Names. People Places Pub.. p. 110. ISBN 1894022920.
- ^ "$120,000 Fire Sweeps Herschel Town". The Leader-Post (Regina, SK): p. 1. 1935-04-09.
- ^ Sato, T. (2005). "A new Polycotylid Plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous Bearpaw Formation in Saskatchewan, Canada". Journal of Paleontology, 79: 969-980.
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Coordinates: 51°39′18″N 108°25′23″W / 51.655°N 108.423°W / 51.655; -108.423
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